Crude-oil burner.



A. A. WINTEMUTE.

CRUDE OILI BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912.

Patented May 20, 1913.

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. WITNESSES:

i A TTUR/VEYJ AUGUSTUS A. wm'rnrrn'rn, or raEsNo, CALIFORNIA.

' CRUDE-OIL BURNER.

Be it known ,that I, AUe s'rUs A. WINTE- MUTE, residing'at Fresno, 1n the county of Fresno and State of California, have invent edcertain new and useful'Improvements 1n Crude-Oil Burners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved burner for the combustionof crude oil and it primarily has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive burner of the type stated which can be constructed at a minimum expense,

- and which will efi'ectively serve its intended purpose. 5 I

In its general nature the invention includes a steam drum through which the oil pipe passes, the oil pipe having an integral oil distributing cone at its upper end, over which the battling head sits, the head having a stem and hollow piston like when that ness to allow the ead to rise. and fall if, desired, and thereby increase or diminish the area of the oil discharge. The oilpipeis adjustable in the drum to allow for increas ing or diminishing the steam discharge, passage as may be desired. I g

More subordinately the invention resides in those novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all, of which will be first fully described, and them be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to .the accompanying drawing, inwhich: 5

-Figure 1 is a perspective View of the burner complete. Fig. 2 is adetail perspec tive view of the drum. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the oil pipe. Fig.- 4. is a detail perspectiveviewof the bafliing head and its stem. Fig. 5 is avertical longitudinal section of the burner complete.

In the drawing in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all .the

figures, 1 representsjthe drum which is provided at its upper end with a bore-2, of a diameter .slightly greater than that of the oil" pipe 6, which passes down through the drum and is threaded .into the enlargement 5 at the lower end of the drum, the pipe 6 being adjustably-held by a check nut 8 so that the distributingcone 3 may have its flatunder face i brought closer to or movedfarther from thetop of the drum 1 to thereby diminish or increase the discharge-passage 7 forthe steam, it beingv understood that the i Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 25, 1912. Serial No. 733,464. d I

fits into the oil pi e with su cient -loose-..

. Patented May 20. 1913.

hole2 is of less diameter cone3.- 9' isthe burner head which has its under face10 coni-form and which is provided. with a hollow piston like portion 11, bridged at 12 'toa stem portion'13 that'carries the head 9. The stem 13,-bridge 12, and piston than that of the .like portion ll, fit. into the pipe 6 relatively looselyso that the head 9 may rise and fall if desired to permit the discharge of a" greater or less volume of oil between it and the upper edge 14' of'the cone 3, as best shown in Fig. 5- of the drawing, In practice oil is admitted into the pipe 6and steam is admitted into the drumd through the coupling 15,.the steam heating the oil that flows through the pipe (Sand is discharged between the head 9 and the cone 3. The oil after assing-through the pipe 6 Willflow down etween the head9 andthecone 3; trickling down the conical 'baflle 3 and after being ignited it burns with a circular flame. By increasing the oil pressure either through p elevation of the tank from which it flows or by positive pressure? the head!) may beSO raised accordingly and a gret -e r-. quantity the head 9 and the cone 3m-ay not be entirely closed, the pipe, 6 ma',y be provided with a shoulder 6 to jlimitthe downward movement of the member 11." "So long asthe flow of oilis within the capacity of the space between the cone?) and the head 9, the said .ofoil'; will pass onto the ba 6 3, and by head will of course not be raised, andunder v normal operative'conditions, I mayprefer toso locate the shoulder .6 thatthe spaceti normally provided between the head 9f and the baflie 3' will be suflicient to take care of the'normal flow of head 9. H From the foregoing :throu h" said drum, said oil-pi e"hav ngg a-conical bafile at one end rovi ed with a.

oil without l gi i 7 description taken in 106 connection with the accompanying draw ng,

(30 2 x w 0 I flat under face, "said drum aving an open? 1 10 pipe projecting through said drum, said 'un'der face at its upper end, said drum havunder fw ahead mounted over said bafile,

3 In a crude oil burner a drum, anoil under face at vits upper end,saidf drum hav-- ing a steam passage coiiperative with said under face, a head mounted, over. said baflie,

I oil ipe for-movementgtowardandir infidha eto providelan oil-idisc hargef .said bafiie to provide an oil discharge be pipe having a conical bame with a flat un- 'der face at its upper end, said drum having a steam passage-cooperative with [said untween said head. nd said baflle,"said.i'last the cross "sectional area of; the bore of the. said oil pipe, andl means for ,holdin I head with its axis coincident with. the axis/ ing surrounding-the pipe beneath the bafieto coiiperate therewith, means for adjustablyf'securing the oil pipetovary the distancebetween said haflie and the head of the drum, a head having a stem prO ected into said oil -pipe, said head being spaced from said loathe to allow'the passage of "oil;

2. In acrude oil-burner a drum, an oil' oil pipe having a conical bafiie with a fiat ing a steam passage cooperative with said and means for mounting said head on said oil pipe for movement toward and from tween said head and saidbafile. J

pipe'projecting through said drum, said oil der facet-a head mounted over" said' baflie, and means for mounting said head on said oil pipe for movement toward and. from said baflie to provide an-oil discharge benamed means including a stem carried -by said head of less cross sectional area than said of said oil pipaa 4. In a crude oil'burner a-druln, an oil pipe projecting throughsaid drum -said 011 pipe having conical tun with a hat and means for mounfingsaid'head ns'aid' said head and said bafile,said last named cross sectional area of thbore ofthe said oil pipe, and means for holding said head ,oiLpipe, saidholdin'g means including a hollow piston like portion securedhto said stem and mounted .within said oilpipe.

1 5. In a crude oil burner a heating drum, an oil pipe passingwhrough said drum and having a haflie at one end, said drum having an opening surrounding said pipe hemeans including a stem carried bysaid head of less cross sectional area than the neath. the baflie to 1006 crate therewith, a

with the same, said head hat Inga stem roing a shoulder on whic said stem is adapted torest tomaintain a space between said head and said baflle through which the oil ed to rest tomaintain a space -between said head-and said name through which the oil from the oilfiipe may fiow' in a' sheet like p e and said. head having their form,' said b opposing surfaces coni-form fto direct the 011 down onto'a theheadof the-drum in the vform ofaho ow cone.v J a AUGUSTUS ewes:

head held over said ba e and cooperative jecting into said oil pi e, said'oil pipe awsurrounding said pipe be-' I with its 'axis coincident with'the axis of said from thevoil pipe may flow in a shelat like i ing a shoulder on which said stem is ad t. 

